Shefa Tal, Hanau 1612. First edition. Signature of the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Halevi of Chelm - Copy of the Holy Rebbi ...

Shefa Tal, Hanau 1612. First edition. Signature of the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Halevi of Chelm - Copy of the Holy Rebbi Aharon Moshe "MiGeza Zvi" of Brod.

Sefer Shefa Tal,   By Rabbi Shabtai ben Akiva Halevi Horowitz.The Remak's Kabbalah.

First Edition, Hanau, 1612. Many Kabbalistic illustrations.

"The keys to open locked rooms…in the treasure house of the secrets of the wisdom of Kabbalah…".

An important composition on Kabbalah, based on Rabbi Moshe Cordevero's book "Pardes Rimonim". One of the first Kabbalah books to be published in Western Europe.

One of the renowned basic Kabbalistic works. The Chassidic leaders and Ashkenazi Kabbalists quote it in their books and build upon its foundations. The Noam Elimelech refers to it as a holy book.

Many approbations from leading rabbis, including Rabbi Shlomo Ephraim Lontshitz, the Rabbi of Prague, author of Kli Yakar .

The Shl”a writes: “…His teachings are pure; he reveals hidden, concealed secrets, all with wonderful clarity.” The Kli Yakar describes that he perused the Sefer in-depth and “It is marvelous.”

Signature of the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Halevi of Chelm (passed away in 1785) great in Torah and Yirah, Kabbalist and Posek, of wonderous knowledge of vowelization and the Messorah. The son of Rabbi Moshe halevi the Rav of Dessau. Moved from Chelm, Poland to Germany. Corresponded on Halacha and Shut with the Geonim of his generation, including the Nodah BiYehuda and the Yavetz. used to sign his name as "Avraham Halevi of Chelma". 

Together with the Yaavetz he battled the remaining Sabbateans in Germany (see articles by A. Brick: Shana BeShana, 1980, pp. 335-340; Shana BeShana, 1993, pp. 409-420).  He succeeded Rabbi Yaakov Emden, the Yaavetz, as rabbi of Emden (ca. 1750s-1760s). 

He Served as Rabbi in several communities in Northern Germany, in the vicinity of Hanover, including Krigshaver, Emdin and Hildesheim and was the Rabbi of the northern region of Germany. During his visits to the central communities of Germany, he stayed with Rabbi Hirsch Charif Av Beis Din of Furth and with the "Pnei Yehoshua" of Frankfurt am Main.

Stamps of the Holy Gaon Rebbi Aharon Moshe "MiGeza Zvi" of Brod [1775-1845] a disciple of the holy Rebbi the Chozeh of Lublin, the Saraf of Strelisk and the Holy Rebbi Moshe Zvi of Savran. was considered the founder of the Chassidic Yishuv in the Holy Land.

He was born in 1775 to his father Rabbi Shaul MiGeza Rashi HaKadosh. was the son-in-law of Rabbi Mordechai Horowitz the publisher of the book "Chibat Yerushalayim". Immigrated to the Land of Israel in 1839 and lived in Jerusalem. He headed the Kollel of the Chassidim of Jerusalem. Day and night he used to mourn the destruction of Jerusalem. His Rebbe the Holy Rebbi the Chozeh of Lublin promised him that he will not be taken from this world before Tikkun HaGilgulim. After his passing, his last will and testament was published and is recalled with awesome respect to this day. His gravestone on Har HaZetim is inscribed with titles of praise which were rarely used in those times in Jerusalem.

30 Cm.

Overall in Good condition, water stains, pages 70-71 repaired in the margins, new leather binding.